Cheryl Crandall Pollock

Following a 13 year career as Executive Director for developing not-for profit, CAPTAIN Community Human Services, I became a realtor, and eventually launched my own business, Lady Cher Stitch Studio, llc, engaging youngsters in the sewing arts in my home studio and later inside a JoAnn Fabric and Craft Store in Albany.

March 31, 2010, I sold my business selling Husqvarna Viking and Singer sewing machines along with instructing customers in all areas of sewing and fashion design (draping on a dress form and pattern making) inside JoAnn's. It was a great ride for 3 1/2 years. The JoAnn Store moved my location inside their store to a much smaller area without any adjoining classroom space. Without the sewing classroom, the business lost its appeal for me so I sold and made a little money to launch my next endeavor. After designing historic reproduction patterns as well as others, with my partner, developed and pursued a patent for a "Custom Fitted Single Seam Stretchable Fabric Skirt" which was abandoned when my husband, Jim was scheduled for major back surgery. An accompanying manual, "Design, Fit and Sew at a Stretchy Skirt Social" is in it final draft, which we will be offering copyright free. I have returned to my love of sharing sewing with children and for the Summer of 2022 will be providing FREE summer sewing camps in libraries in both Crown Point, where we spend our summers and Ticonderoga, NY. I eagerly look forward to my next adventure.

Jim and I now spend summers at our cottage on Lake Champlain. Joe Chessman and his wife Brenda, come to the area from Alabama so Jim and Joe can fish (and catch) every day. Summers fly by and Jim counts down the days during winter until he can be at the lake again.